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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance - THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising , One Square, one insertion '- $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal ; Contracts will4 be made. VOL. XXXVII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. 6., DECEMBER 16, 1914. NO. 19. HPl 117 SUMMARY OF THE EUROPEAN WAR FOR ONE WEEK READ AT A GLANCE December 14 While fighting is go ing on both in the East and the West along extended fronts, there is litttle in the official statements issued by the various war departments to indi cate any definite result of the battles. Berlin announces German occupa tion of the city ofPrzasnysz, Poland, and adds that "while this in itself is not important it shows that the Ger mans have begun active offensive op erations north of the Vistula." The Austrians have been repulsed by the Servians south of Belgrade, ac cording to a Nish unofficial report, and along the remainder of the front in Servia the Austrians are in re treat. Buenos Ayres reports that the cruiser Dresden, one of the five at tacked by British warships in the South Atlantic and the last of the German squadron, is ashore off the port of Gallegos. Col. Goethals, governor of the canal zone, has requested Washington to dispatch destroyers to Panama im mediately and although he gives no Explanation for this requety it is J tnought at Washington that Col. Goe thals has found himself unable to check the use of wireless plants of ships belonging to the belligerent na tions within the three-mile limit. Emperor William of Germany, whose illness has been the subject of much anxiety on one side and conjecture on the other, is said to have improved so much that his com plete recovery at an early date is ex pected. King Albert of Belgium is thank ing the American commission for a name day message of good wishes congratulated the commissio non "its generous and enlightened initiative." December 13 Successes are claim ed by the Russians south of Cracow, where, however, the Germans are said to be stubbornly resisting. Near Lowicz, according to the Rus sian statement, the Muscovites per mitted the Germans to approach their trenches and then put them to flight with a gallant fire. The Servians continue to elaim they have administered a crushing defeat to the Austrians and have taken large numbers of prisoners and great quan tities of war material. On their side the Austrians say no new material events have occurred in Servian and that the reorganization of the Austrian forces is progressing without heavy battles. Fighting continues in France and Belgium and claims of advantages are made by both contenders. After hav ing admitted the loss of trenches in the region of Ypres, the latest French report declares these again are occu pied by the allies. With the return of the French gov ernment to Paris from Bordeaux a squadron of aeroplanes is doing scout duty over the capital to ward off pos sible attacks by hostile air crafty In France 400,000 youths of "the class of 1915 have gone into training in the riitary camps and barracks. It is exp- ;ted they will be ready for the campaign in the spring. Berlin advices, which previously an nounced that Germany had agreed to Pope Benedict's suggestion for a truce during the Christmas holidays, says Russia has declined to agree to the proposal. December 12.. The Allies have en tered Roulers (Rousselaere) in West Flanders, about twelve northeast of Ypres, according to the Sluis corres pondent of the Handelsblad. Reuter's Boulogne correspondent who has just returned to Boulogne from Armentieres, says that Tuesday the Germans were driven out of Ar mentieres by the British and hurled back beyond artillery range. The daily communication from Pa ris shows .that the French have been making slow progress at many "Points for a fortnight, and a review sent by a French eye witness for the period from November 27 to December 5 claims that the "ascendancy of the French artillery and infantry over the Germans has been established. The Germans continue their efforts to smash the Russian armies. While a large part of their force is endeav oring to hold the Russian center an other army is advancing from East Prussia to the east of Mlawa and is attacking the Russian right in an ef fort to cut communications and enter Warsaw through the back door. Heavy fighting is going on south west of Lodz and southeast of Cra cow, where the Austrians and Ger mans are endeavoring to get around the Russian left and force these troops to retire from the fortress. December 11 A British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee has sent to the bottom off the southern coast of South America the German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipsig, three of the German warships which defeated Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's men of war. According to the official advices the British ships have given chase to two other Germans, tiie Nurnberg and Dresden, which also were engaged in the fight. An offi cial dispatch from Chile says it is reported there the two vessels were badly damaged. With the sinking of the Sharnhorst, the German flagship, Admiral Count von Spee, probably found a grave be neath the waves, as was the case with Admiral Cradock, for although the official report says some of the men of the Gneisenau and Leipzig were saved, no mention was made of the rescue of any from the Scharnhorst. In the south the Servians claim the Austrians are in precipitate flight be 'fore King Peter's forces and are losing heavily in men, guns and war stores. Great Britain, according to official advices, now is complete control of that part of Asiatic Turkey from the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to the sea. This was accom plished through the surrender of the Turkish commander, Subhi Bey, to Great Britain's Indian expeditionary force operating at the head of the Per sian gulf. The bombardment of the -Belgian coast by the allied warships between Ostend and Nieuport began Tuesday afternoon in conjunction with land operations, according to a late dis patch from Rotterdam. December 10. The Germans are attacking the allied lines south of Ypres in Belgium, but the French an nounce the Germans have been repuls ed. At some point along the battle front in Flanders and northern France the Germans each day of late have made a concerted movement with a view to pushing their advance farther west or to the coast. Berlin reports thta in the western war zone a decisive action is likely to start any day. This assertion is based on a statement from German headquarters which says "everything is proceeding according to our pro gramme," and it is assumed in Berlin that the German operations thus fai have been successful. In the east conditions remain as previously reported, the occupation of Lodz by the Germans being con sidered certain, as well as a general movement of the Russians against Cracow. German troops have com to the aid of the Austrians at Cracow, stiffening the defense of the garrison against Russian attacks. In west Galicia activity along the battle line is increasing and the Aus trian troops, an official statement from Vieuna asserts, have iven the Russians from Dobezyce and Wieliz cka, taking more than 5,000 prison- ' ers. December 9. Ost Dunkerke, a vil lage in West Flanders, a little more than two miles west of Nieuport, has been bombarded .by the Germans, which announcement in the latest French official communication may indicate a renewal of German efforts to reach the channel ports. In the eastern arena the occupation of Lodz by the Germans is consider ed a remarkable achievement, in view of the manner in wThich the Ger man lines only a short time ago were threatened by the Russians and an important step in their proposed movement against Warsaw, the Polish capital. The Bourse Gazette of Petrograd estimates that Germany has lost 100, 000 men during the past month around Lodz. The Austrain war office describes fighting in Poland as not yet decisive, although the Russians have been, forced to retreat. Likewise, in west Galicia and . the Carpathians, the en gagements continued without result. The Italian government maintains its attitude of neutrality, but has dis patched eight battalions to reinforce troops in Libya and "to be ready for any aggression." That any effort is being made to bring about normal conditions in Paris is indicated by the fact that President Poincare will return to the capital from Bordeaux to preside at the cabinet Friday and thai the Paris bourse has re-opened. December 8 Lodz, the second city of Poland, and lying 75 miles to the west-southwest of Warsaw, has fallen to the German army. It was occupied Sunday, according to an official an nouncement from Berlin In FlandeTS and the north of France Sunday was comparatively quiet. The French war office has nothing to re port and no marked successes on eith er side were recorded in that territory for the previous day. While the attitude of Roumania is not known officially, a Swiss news paper asserts that Roumania has de cided to enter the war on the side with the allies. The time for doing so, however, has not been determined on. Petrograd says the Turkish cruiser Hamiedieh has been damaged by a mine and had returned to Constanti nople. King Nicholas of Montenegro ad mits that a third of his army has fal len on the battlefield, but declares the Montenegrins will continue to de fend their country. That French aviators have succeed ed in dropping bombs on the German aviation hangers in Freiburg, Breis gau Baden, is acknowledged in an of ficial report received in Washington from the German foreign office. DISREGARD FORTHE CANAL ZONE LAWS COLONEL GOETHALS WANTS TOR PEDO BOAT DESTROYERS FOR PATROL DUTY. COLLIERS AND OTHER CRAFT These Vessels Leave Without Clear ance Papers. Few Have Health Certificates. Panama, Col. George W. Goethals, governor of the Panama Canal zone, announced that his request that two swift American torpedo boat destroy ers be stationed at the entrances of the canal was prompted by recent ac tivity of warships and colliers of the belligerent European nations in the vicinity of the waterway. The action of the Australian collier Mallina in leaving Balboa without clearance papers and the fact that other colliers have shown a disposi tion ot disregard canal zone shipping laws convinced Colonel Goethals that, decisive measures should be taken to preserve the neutrality of the canal. Nearly all the colliers in canal wa ters arrived without health certificates and in several instances sailed with out clearance papers. It is presumed the steamers met and coaled the Aus tralian and English fleet which con centrated recently in the vicinity of the Peral Islands, which lie 60 miles southeast of Panama City. The torpedo boat destroyers re quested by the governor are expected to do patrol duty and overhaul bellig erent craft attempting to disregard the canal regulations. Alleged violations of the Canal shipping laws are said to have been the subject of complaint to Sir Claude C. Mallett, British minister to Pana ma and also having resulted in orders the fortifications prevent unneutral colliers remaining in ports on the zone in disregard of the orders of canal authorities. . In the case of the collier Mallina it is stated that she arrived without clearance papers or a health certifi cate and with no coal or supplies. She attempted to buy $30,000 worth of sup plies, consisting largely of articles in tended for Christmas dinner for a large force. She was refused the sup i"ps and was ordered to depart be cause she refused to state her desti nation, as required by the Canal Zone laws. The collier Protesilau is point ed to as a similar case. It is stated that there has been much wireless interference in canal waters on the part of eight colliers which were recently in the vicinity of the canal and also by large warships fleets, reported to be within 25 miles of both ends of the canal. CONGRESS PUSHES WORK. No Extra Session for Next Summei Is Spur. Washington. Congress continues work of the winter session determined to complete its tasks March 4 so that no extra session will be necessary next summer. Democratic leaders of both houses agree with President Wilson that the country should have a rest from na tional legislation. Right of way will be given appropriation bills with con servation measures, the Philippine bill and the government's purchase bill following. While no special investigation of military preparedness seems in pros pect, much attention will center about investigations before reguar house committees. The naval com mittee will resume consideration of the appropriation bill at once with Secretary Daniels again on the stand. The immigration bill, with its lit eracy test for aliens will again be under debate in the senate while that body waits for the appropriation bills to come from the house. Its sup porters insist that it will be passed although it was not included in the President's outline of legislation. Conservation measures the water- power site and the mineral leasing bills probably will be reported from the senate committee on public lands early "in January. Mines Were German. Stockholm, via London. The Swed ish forign minister in a statement regarding the sinking of the three Swedish steamers by mines in the Gulf of Bothnia said: "The Germans declares the mines were Russian, as no German mine-laying had been done up to the time of the disaster. Offi cial investigations by Finland disclose that several groups of anchored mines were German and not Russian and that they had been laid during the war in the Gulf of Bothnia. No float ing mines had been found." Pass 80 Per Cent. Law. Phoenix, Ariz. The law providing that 80 per cent of those employed in any business furnishing employment for five or more persons shall be Americans, which has led to formal protests from the British and Italian governments, was proclaimed by Gov ernor Hunt as effective January 1, Secretary Bryan recently asked the governor to defer temporarily proc lamation of ,the law, but the latter found he could not legally comply. The new prohibition law also was pro- claimed. CARRANZA ANSWERS WITH VEILED THREAT SAYS HE WILL CONSIDER ACTION AT NACO UNFRIENDLY RE GARLESS OF MOTIVE. DISPATCHES REPLY TO NOTE Repudiates Blame For Firing Across Border. Expresses Hope of "Good Friendship." Vara Cruz. -"If the United States smploys force to stop the firing oy Mexicans across the international boundary line at Naco, it will be con sidered an unfriendly act, notwith standing the friendly motives cloak ing the act." In this manner Carranza made an swer in a statement to the Associated Press to the formal notice served by the United States on both Provisional President Gutierrez , and Gen. Car ranza that unless such firing ceased, force would be employed to protect American territory. Carranza's reply to the American note, repudiated responsibility for shots that have crossed the line ana clearly set forth that he and his gov ernment will regard intervention at Naco as a hostile act. At no time since the receipt of Secretary Bryan's note calling attention to the repeated wounding and killing or residents of teh American town has Gen. Carranza appeared perturbed but he has had long conferences with those close to him, and, in framing his reply it Is said he has been careful not to let himself stand in any uncertain light. "Gen. Hill, constitutionalist com mi nder of the troops at Naco, is on the defensive," continued Gen. Car ranza, "and, since his back was to the line, it is difficult to see how he could be responsible for the firing. The fact is that Maytorena's men have been attacking and therefore it ap pears reasonablely clear that they, and only they, could have been to blame. "As a matter of fact I do not know that the rights of American citizens have been violated. It seems to mo that it would be well for the state department to investigate the ques tion in order to fiex the- responsibility. "I remember similar instances at El Paso, when the Madero forces were attacking there. In that case those shots were for the most part the im prudent and curious individuals who flocked to witness the fighting as -if it had been a spectacular show staged for their benefit. SERVIAN ARMY VICTORIOUS. French Cut German Line of Communi cations Nears St. Mihiel. London. Both the German and official reports contain evidence that the Allies offensive movement is be ginning to gather impetus and is meeting with stobborn resistance. The French have been - particularly active in the Woevre region. At several points the Germans have made counter attacks which the French clai mhave been repulsed. The German report shows that , Gen eral Joffre's men have reached a point midway between St. Mihiel and Point-a-Mousson which w6uld indi cate that they, had crossed the Ger man line of communications. In these operations the French lost heavily. The battles in Poland continue al most without intermission and, while both Russians and Germans announce success, apparently no decisive result has been reached. The Germans still are delivering heavy blows at the Russian center, where they assert they took 11,000 prisoners and 40 ma chine guns. South of Cracow the Russians .claim the capture of 4,000 prisoners, four guns end seven ma chine guns. Another Russian force is holding the passes of ' the Carpathians pre venting the Austrians from sending relief to their Galician army. There is no news of the' German troops ad vancing south of MlaWa, with the ob ject of attempting to turn the Rus sian right. The rehabilitated Servian army continues victorious in the Bal kan area of the war. That the former German cruiser Goeben, now owned , by Turkey, was not so seriously ' damaged as was re ported in her brush with Russian cruisers, is shown by the fact that she took part in the recent attack on Batum, the Russian Black Sea port. According to a Russian , statement the bombardment did little damage. Bulgaria, according to a Paris re port, has expressed to the Powes of the Triple Entente her desire to re main neutral. Tli.s is taken to mean that Roumania, if she so wished, could join the Allies without fear of being attacked by Bulgaria. Prominent Chinaman Dead. Asheville. C. T. Tsai of Canton, China, assistant director of the Pek- ing-Kalgan Railway, died at a local sanitaTium following an extended ill ness, the deceased came to this city in ssprch of health. He was in Ameri ca as The representative of his coun try studying railroad conditions in the United States, preparatory to making recommendations to the Chi nese Government for improvements in the service. Koiiang Yih, second sec retary of the Chinese Legation, was at bedside. RIVER AND HARBOR PROJECTS OF STATE REPORT OF CHIEF OF UNITED , STATES ARMY ENGINEERS IS MADE LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of the Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will Be of Interest to Our Readers Over North Carolina. Raleigh. War jington. There are some infer tile statements in the reDort of the chief of engineers of the United States army for 1914 concerning North Caro lina river and harbor projects. The state gets her share of the $20,000,000 "provided in the last river and harbor bill, but many of the projects already commenced will suffer, if additional money is not provided soon. During the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1914j the United States operated the inland waterway from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet at a cost of $19,774.01, exclusive of outstanding liabilities. The freight that passed through the canal amounted to 258,441 tons. .The total member of passengers carried were 6,582. The vessels that passed through numbered 5,342. The Scuppernong River project had an unexpended balance of $32,487 July 1, and the chief of engineers says that $5,400 could be profitably expend ed in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916. Fishing Creek has available for the year ending June 30, 1915, $1,467.54 and could use $2,000 the next year. Improvements in the waterway con necting Swan Quarter Bay with Deep Bay here rendered navigation safe between Swan Quarter and Pamlico River. The freight transported in that waterway last year was 1,881 tons more than that of the previous year. Bay River has $1,205.64 to run till June' 30 next and could use $3,400 the year following. The Neuse River improvements were followed by an increase of traffic last year of 60,820 tons in grain, lumber, fertilizers and general mer chandise. .The engineer has allotted $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. The increase inv tonnage in the Trent River for a year after the im provements were made amounted to 37,279 tons. The inland waterway from Pam lico Sound to Beaufort Inlet has been completed. A .number of new projects are plan ned by the chief of engineers. It is considered advisable to improve northeast Cape Fear river for three miles above Hilton Bridge; Manteo Bay at a cost of $28,000 with $2,000 annually for maintenance; Cape Channel at a cost of $17,900; Beau fort Harbor by providing a turning basin in front of the town of Beau ifort for $15,900 and Thoroughfare Bay, at a cost of $5,200. Deliver Opinions in 17 Appeals. The Supreme Court delivered opin ions in 17 appeals as follows: Weston vs. Roper Lumber Com pany, Pasquotank, petition to rehear dismissed; Insurance Company vs. Cherokee Lumber Company, Cumber land, affirmed; Edwards vs. Chemical Company, Mecklenburg, new trial ; Lummus vs. Insurance Company Mecklenburg, affirmed; Houser vs. Fayssoux, Gaston, affirmed; State vs. DaJton, Lincoln, reversed; State vs. Hannon, Pplk, no error; Brittain vs. Southern Railway, Burke, reversed; State vs. Bailey, Burke, no erfSr; Howell vs. Hurley, Montgomery, new trial; Forney vs. Seaboard Air Line, Cumberland, reversed; Dunlap vs. Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern, Ran dolph, no error; State vs. Heavener, Catawba, no error; Mundy vs. Town of Newton, Catawba, error; Glavenerand Hogsed vs. Glouster Lumber : Com pany, Transylvania, affirmed in both appeals; Hyder vs. Southern Railway, Henderson, reversed; Land Company vs. Floyd, Henderson, new trial. To Exhibit at San Francisco. - The North Carolina Department of Health has been requested to con tribute its model village exhibit as a part of the board's better health ex hibit at the Panama Exposition. This model village in which the number of births in the homes is shown by light ed windows and the number of baby deaths by. the lights in the windows being extinguished was brought to the notice of the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor, by the re cent exhibit made at the health asso ciation meeting at Jacksonville, Fla. Governor Locke Criag Caned. Governor Craig was caned recently, not in a violent manner, but on the other hand in a way that was exceed ingly pleasing to his excellency. Some months ago Mr. John W. Thompson, a Raleigh citizen, who is holding an important judicial position in the Panama canal zone sent material to Treasurer Lacy with instructions that same should be finished in the best possible manner into a cane for North Carolina's governor. Mr. Lacy accepted the trust and the result is a very handsome piece of workmanship. Board Asks For More Buildings. . ! A annual meeting of the -board of directors of the State. Hospital for the; Insane, Raleigh, held .;. their, ., annual . meeting, 'few days ago, the .principal business coming before the' board be ing that of mapping out, .the work for the coming year and estimating the amount; of money needed for the insti tution for 1915-'i6 which the next general assembly will be called upon to appropriate. The following; direc tors were present, at the meeting: D. A. McDonald, Carthage; S. 'G. Daniel, Littleton; E. F. Aydlett, Elizabeth City; A. B. Croom, Jr., .Wilmington;;. Dr. E. G. Moore, Elm City; Dr. C. A. Woodward, Durham; Dr. Albert An derson, superintendent of the Institu tion, met with the board. In addition to the running expenses the legislature will be asked to make an app ropriatlon for . the ' erection of a number of new buildings at the hos pital. These, it is estimated will cost around $175,000. The buildings want ed are a receiving room for women to be equipped with :modern appliances, this room to be used as a place where patients can be kept until their cases can be properly diagnosed. Another building; which the super-' intendent says t is. badly needed is a nurses home. Here the women at tendants would-have a building to themselves and not have to live in the main buildings. . v. .: .. .. Other buildings which . the board recommends be erected are an amuse ment hall, where; motion.v;pIcture : and other entertainments can .be provided for the patients,' ' thus giving ' them mental relaxation -as well as medical treatment, which they are now receiv ing, an industrial building, . 3 . granary and a new kitchen. The present kitchen, it is declared,- is entirely too small for the needs of the institution. The hospital-farm ...yields handsome dividends to the institution, the an nual outrun amounting vt6' -about i, 500 bushels of wheat, 700 bushels ? feed and several hundred bushels of corn.. ' ' ' The Cotton Fund Committee. , The North Carolina Committee for the Wade Cotton Loan Fund appoint ed by the General Committee in Wash-' ington met here iji organization and made tentative appointments of local committees in about 20 sections of the state, whose duty it will be to receive and. turn in the applications for loans in administering North Carolina's por tion of the $135,000 cotton pool. These committees will have to be ap proved by the. jQeneral Committee -at Washington before th.ey are announc ed. J. F. Wiley of Durham was 'made secretary of the North Carolina Com mittee, Joseph G. Brown -having been designated as,, chairman ..by the Wash ington committee. " ' . " "r Members "of ' the committee parties pating in the meeting were Chairman Brown, Raleigh; Secretary J. F. Wiley Durham ; J. Elwood Cox, High Point ; Neill 'Ellirigton, Greensboro. ' Absent members were George Stepehns and W. C. Wilkinson, Charlotte, and J. "V. , Grainger, Wilmington. Asks Governor tp Protect Game.' Washington! Secretary. Houston has asked Governor Craig to provide a law for ' the protection of game in the Appalachian forest reservation . in North Carolina. The Department.; of. Agriculture has been informed , that many Northern 1 hunters are prepar ing to hunt deeff turkeys,, grouse -arid quail, in the Pisgah forest, purchased recently by the Government from Mrs. George W. Vanderbiler Mn Houston would prevenr a slaughter.' - Secretary Houston 'Si secretary told Representative Webb that .the depart ment prefers for the state to protect the game on the government land, but if the state -does not. act, -;the federal authorities will. - :- M. Houston desires to make the Government forest a great game re serve. .... - ; ' -' . v School Libraries Grow Wonderfully. In the rounding' up" of the compila tions for the forthcoming biennial re port by the state department of edu cation it develops that , the rural school library movement' nas reached such - proportions", that there are now something , like,; 1,167,002 ('volumes j in original libraries, and 53,64.2 volumes in the supplemental libraries! There are now la the- state! 13,750 6rig1nal libraries and 1,490 supplemental. Of this number. 102 original and 98 sup plemental libraries1 have been issued in the completion -of - the two years fiscal year, of the department Jtfovenv der 30. . ; '. ; . V H Western Insahce. Hospital Report. '- The principal, matte.r ; of interest be fpre the board of directors r of the Western Hospital' 'for the 'insane 'was Supt. John McCampbell!s report'' ".for the two years which closed with No? vember 30. The report"; showed that during the two years 359 patients were admitted torthe hospital and: the total number under treatment fdurhag that time was . 1,689. During, the .two years 116 patients were discharged as recovered, 85 dicharged "'Improved, nine not Improved,, two .fno insane, one transferred, and llT-died. : . , Lawyers Moved By- Governor! - Argument of nineteenth; disfaict ap peals in the Supreme., Co urt .brqught 10 Jttaieign a noiaDie group 01 western Carolina lawyers who - were nohbTed by Governor ant Mrs Craig ' ;wJth luncheon at the mansion. The guests were: J. C. Martin, Garland A. Thorn ason, Thomas S. Rollins, W. R. Whit son, Mark W Brown, Alf S. Bernard, Walter Haynes, Joseph S. Ford, Thomas J. Hawkins, Zebulon Weaver, R. S. McCall, W. G. Fortune, ex-Judge H. B. Stevens . and" ex-Judge Thomas A. Jones, Asheville, and J. W. Bless. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST" TO ALL" NORTH ' CAROLINA' PEOPLE. COMING EVENTS. . .. Annual Live Stpck Meeting, Statesvlllo Ja.mia.rv 101c . . . . Tri-State Medical' Association, "Charles- iun, S3. :. J?eD. 17-18, 1915. North Carolina Tobacco Sale. ; North Carolina leaf ' tobacco mar kets, 44 towns renortfcr sales. ho11 44,206,824 pounds during November compared with 27,451,699 pounds sold during November,. 1913. These fle- ures include resales for dealers. The " sales first-hand for the growers ' the past month amounted to 37,996,472 poundsi While the reports to the' state1 department of agriculture do not 'in clude t the range of prices, the weed I has commanded good prices on all the markets and the sales represent many hundreds of thousands of dollars put into , circulation through the to- ' bacco farmers. Baptist '.Convention Meets. There were present for .the organi zation of the North Carolina Baptist State convention at Raleigh" 435 dele f- gates with every indication that the attendance will reach 1,000. . Rev. C. H. Durham; of Winston-Salem,' was re-elected president for a third term Other officers elected were: . Vice,.. presidents, J, E. Vann, Winston-Salem; O. A. Tate, High Point and" H. P. King, Mount Airy; secretaries; - Dr. Chase Brewer, Wake Forest College,. , and Rev. W. M. Gilmore, Louisburg; . corresponding secretary, Rev. Living- " stone Johnson, Raleigh; auditor,-F: 3. H. Briggs, Raleigh; treasurer Wd- ters Durham, Raleigh; . treasurer, ters Durham, Raleigh; member of board of trustees to succeed Rev. W. C. Tyree, who has left the state, L. R. Pruett, Charlotte. ' . NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS. J. A. Durham was elected president of the Greater Charlotte Club at. -the annual meeting recently. He suc ceeds' Mr. C. C. ilook. The Community Club of Hender-;!. son ville, recently held their first -meeting in their new $5,600 building. : The Bulletin is the ndme of a new- , paper which will be Issued monthly from Asheville beginning in January. The publication will be edited by the , Methodists of the AtheVille district'1 of the We'stern North Carolina Con- i ference1 of the Methodist Episcopal-, "church,. South. ,. . , , , . The town of Whiteville will soon "' have a'-white Way!' '' ,F High Point has just passed a cujr- v. few law forbidding children under 18 to be on the streets at night. (7011111111110 rmintv farmcm arft' eof." ting loans on cotton stored inr..ware-; houses. :. : . ' ' David Bryant, an old colored mah,ilJ and his wife were robbed of $201' while they slept in their home neaT.; Grifton an a recent night, according, to a report received by the authorities' ' at Kinston. 0. 1 A 1 . ill. IT- ojicutcr is ouuu iu nave a iiauomu bank.. . - ...... . One Halifax farmer shipped two " earloads-'-of hogs"recently '' ' 5 The seventh-district, medical soci ety .will meet , next at Rutherordton. . Many parties of deer hunters 'Rf ro'm all ' over the state are iA the ! sand ' hills. ' ' .-. ; Lee countv will votA for tht keno of another $100,000 good roads bonds1"' January 16. ' ' ' ' Capt. Jessie Wilder; aged 78,' ' .prpm- ; inent naval statesman of Wilming ,-t ; ton died recently. r ' ""' ; District Attorney F. D. Winston went to Washington and got the prom' ise of United States Treasurer .John Burke, former governor of Wyoming, to go' to Raleigh to speak January ' 18.' ' .The Invitation was extended t!by the" . J3ar. Association. ., . .... -..jt The Catawba county board of edii-" , . cation has purchased 11 acres for the- .farm;: life school; at StartOwn... The-v peopie nave given iu acres ,, for.. the,;, school which; makes 21. acres in all. It ' is rumored that'1 'the ' Norfolk;' 'Southern railway ..will .extend" theiiif; .trac to. Cape Lookout , . Jon ,L. Hendrix,, aged 83, prqmin- ,' enf Guilford county citizen1; died a ; few days ago. "' '. : . ' Hickory citizens have - foivned, . i a. charity organization " and, will carry, ' on their work in a systematic manner: ' Hon'.' T. :w,':''Bickett delivered.' the. .annual address at the Elks memorial 'at High, Point,. ; . ' ;' Dr. C. WStiles of the United States public health'-service.r and ' D. Li 3U?-it Lumsden. one of the foremost sanita tion experts, of the public bealth: ser vice,' 'spe'nt' some time in Wil)nlngtqn7i - ZTf --rr t f---r-rp i the, . fine. ...work,, that has been . ac.cp.m-.-; JpHshed during the past year. '";. y' In order lo" encourage f arnuboys -to equip, themselves for farm work , Some; 'J handsome,, prizes in the form, of ,A., "M. scholarships aW' being 'offered by. business' houses of" Raleigh an'd else .where; - In number of other counters- of the Btate the idea of scholarships ... to corn club boys Is becoming popular. Jessie Stearns, 'aged 16, 6f Charlotte ' lotte, : "was 'accidentally shot anjr kf ll-. ed, by;. his . 15-year-old cpmradeyvLeon- . ar-A TJn.Tia-irlltt nrflilA Tllinfinp- TPPPTltlv. "' The policy of the new - boaiid -of i ' Bunckjmbe- county commissioners sa , announced at the meeting hejd re-; 'cently, will be to maintain the pres- ' ent roads which traverse the county rather than to build new ones. Damage to the amount of $40,000 was done by a fire a few nights ago to the plant of the Asheville Milling Company, on Haywood street, the foss being covered .by insurance to the amount of $25,000. .... (